The Road Through the Dunes

Animals, Horses, Farming, Harvesting, Men: Occupational, Roadways, Seashore, Transportation

Dimensions

Image Dimensions: 14.6 x 20.1 cm : Art folio #5, plate #3

Photograph taken in 1892

Printed (Druck)  by:  Georg Büxenstein & Comp.

Listed as: The Rood Through The Dunes (sic) on index page.

These men are most likely transporting a load of seaweed gathered on the seashore.

Weston Naef comments on this photograph:  “The most important artistic decision was that the men and cart were caught mid-step, making this a fine example of photographic naturalism.  Such works were very influential on the emergence of Stieglitz’s style between 1894 and 1900.” 1.

1. The Collection of Alfred Stieglitz: Fifty Pioneers of Modern Photography: Weston J. Naef: The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1978 : p. 261